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Cloud-Capped Star
The Koker Trilogy
The Circus
Life of Brian Upgrade

I didn’t realize Breasonaire had posted— why bother guessing at all now, there’s this month’s lineup

domino harvey wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 6:02 pm I didn’t realize Breasonaire had posted— why bother guessing at all now, there’s this month’s lineup

it's the lineup minus one strategically incorrect "guess"

I'm surprised Criterion hasn't fired that intern yet

He’s Tamara’s nephew, they wouldn’t dare

swo17 wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 6:23 pm I'm surprised Criterion hasn't fired that intern yet

...or hired him

Is the reign of Bressonaire the Prophet really over?

In retrospect we should have paid more attention to how he led off his last post

Bressonaire wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 4:05 amLook on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Koker trilogy
Bamboozled
Polyester
The Circus
Upgrade of Fists in the Pocket

senseabove wrote: Wed May 15, 2019 9:03 pm Is the reign of Bressonaire the Prophet really over?

In a way, maybe. They got noticed. This month was clearly strategic to throw us off their scent. We'll see a new account spring up that mysteriously starts getting everything right, I'm sure...

/s

September 2019

The Women
Almodovar Trilogy: La Ley del Deseo, La Mala Educación, Dolor y Gloria
Polyester
Teorema

A Random Upgrade: Diary of a Chambermaid, La Strada, Fists in the Pocket..

The Cloud-Capped Star
Bringing Up Baby
A King in New York
The State of Things

Upgrade:
Floating Weeds
Ivan the Terrible / Alexander Nevsky

Not realistic, but Floating Weeds, Written On The Wind, and The Lady Eve are all overdue for upgrades.. They’ve also been upgrading a lot of boxes lately, so maybe the Varda set or the Dreyer set..

The Cloud-Capped Star
Cluny Brown
Bamboozled
Original Cast Album: Company
Salesman (upgrade)

Toby Dammit wrote: Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:53 pm Almodovar Trilogy: La Ley del Deseo, La Mala Educación, Dolor y Gloria

Dolor y gloria isn't even getting its U.S. theatrical release until October.

Cluny Brown
Prince of Tides
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Hour of the Wolf
Fist in the Pocket upgrade

This will take us through 996

Bamboo sled
Polyester
The Circus

Agnieszka Holland's The Secret Garden
Alfonso Cuaron's A Little Princess

(I jest, and it's totally random with no rumor basis (other than what I'm creating right now!) due to a conversation my wife and I had about those films last week, but those would be some fascinating releases, I'd love to see some features on the WB regime that resulted in international directors making incredible family films).

Fists in the Pocket Bressonaire upgrade
6xVarda boxset upgrade (they do the box set but add in Les Creatures and Le Petit Amour, because that would be silly)


Berlanga eclipse

Cloud Capped Star
Cluny Brown
Holiday
The Circus
Polyester
Paris is Burning

Cluny Brown
Local Hero
The Cloud-Capped Star
Polyester
The Circus

Excalibur
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
King Lear
Bengal Partition Trilogy

Since I got zero hits last month, I’ll just try it again.

* Bamboozled
* The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
* Irma Vep
* Bengal Partition Trilogy (Cloud-Capped Star)
* Cluny Brown
* The Cameraman

Straight Time
Six Moral Tales
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum
Missing
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (Zeman)

Barton Fink
The Left Handed Woman
Memento
A Wedding

Kind hearts and coronets (upgrade)

Kino is releasing Kind Hearts and Coronets on September 10th. Plus, they also released a Barton Fink disc in 2017.

Come and See
Polyester
Beau Travail
Cluny Brown
Six Moral Tales (upgrade)

Would also love to see the two Olmi upgraded and consolidated into a single case release